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Ugly draw suits Glenn Roeder

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Norwich City's fightback against the spectre of relegation is gathering pace while Colchester's is faltering. Glenn Roeder has transformed Norwich from the mishmash of strangers he inherited from Peter Grant at the end of October into a side that looks capable of escaping the drop.

First he hauled them off the bottom of the table, then out of the bottom three, and yesterday's point at Layer Road, while "ugly", suggests his side are more than capable of making a steady if unspectacular rise up the Championship table.

They have lost one out of their past six, but Colchester manager Geraint Williams has now presided over just one win in 11 games, and conceding a last-minute own goal against one of their fellow strugglers hardly makes his side's future look bright.

Williams started with 41-year-old Teddy Sheringham in a game whose frenetic pace was putting paid to any hopes of quality